Peary may refer to:

People

Last name

* Danny Peary (born 1949), American film critic and sports writer * Gerald Peary (born 1944), American film critic * Harold Peary (1908–1985), American actor, comedian and singer *

Josephine Diebitsch Peary Josephine Cecilia Diebitsch Peary (May 22, 1863 – December 19, 1955) was an American author and arctic explorer. She was the wife of Robert Peary, who claimed to be the first to have reached the geographic North Pole. Early life Josephi ...

(1863–1955), American author and arctic explorer, wife of Robert Peary *

Robert Peary Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for, in Apri ...

(1856–1920), American explorer

First name

Peary Chand Mitra Peary Chand Mitra (22 July 1814 – 23 November 1883) was an Indian writer, journalist, cultural activist and entrepreneur. His pseudonym was Tek Chand Thakur. He was a member of Henry Derozio's Young Bengal group, who played a leading role ...

(1814–1883), Indian author and journalist * Peary Rader (1909–1991), American early bodybuilder, Olympic lifter, writer, and magazine publisher *

Peary Charan Sarkar Peary Charan Sircar (also spelled Pyari Churn Sircar or Pyari Charan Sircar in contemporary documents; 1823–1875), was an educationist and textbook writer in nineteenth century Bengal. His series of Reading Books introduced a whole generation o ...

(1823–1875), pioneer in women's education in Bengal

Middle name

Benjamin Peary Pal Benjamin Peary Pal or B. P. Pal FRS (26 May 1906 – 14 September 1989) was an Indian plant breeder and agronomist who served as a director of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Delhi and as the first Director General of the Indian C ...

(1906–1989), Indian plant breeder and agronomist

Locations

Canada

* Peary Bay, in Nunavut *

Peary Channel The Peary Channel is a waterway in the territory of Nunavut. It is an arm of the Arctic Ocean, and it spreads southeast between Meighen Island to the north, Axel Heiberg Island to the east, Amund Ringnes Island to the south, and Ellef Ringnes ...

, a waterway in Nunavut

Greenland

Cape Peary Cape Peary ( da, Kap Peary) is a headland in the Avannaata municipality, NW Greenland. History This cape was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920). Geography Cape Peary is located on the eastern side of the shore of Granvil ...

, a headland in northwestern Greenland *

Mary Peary Peaks The Mary Peary Peaks ( da, Mary Peary Tinder) are a mountain in the Roosevelt Range, Peary Land, Northern Greenland. Administratively they belong to the Northeast Greenland National Park. The peaks were named by Robert Peary after his mother, ...

, a mountain in northern Greenland *

Peary Channel (Greenland) The Peary Channel ( da, Peary-kanal) was a hypothetical sound or marine channel running from east to west separating Peary Land in northernmost Greenland from the mainland further south. The assumed existence of this channel and other errors in ...

, a hypothetical sound in Northern Greenland *

Peary Glacier Peary Glacier ( da, Peary Gletscher), is a glacier in north west Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality. This glacier was named after US Arctic explorer Robert Peary (1856 - 1920). Geography The Peary Glacier is ...

, a glacier in western Greenland *

Peary Land Peary Land is a peninsula in northern Greenland, extending into the Arctic Ocean. It reaches from Victoria Fjord in the west to Independence Fjord in the south and southeast, and to the Arctic Ocean in the north, with Cape Morris Jesup, the north ...

, a peninsula in northern Greenland *

Peary Nunatak Peary Nunatak or Peary's NunatakFridtjof Nansen, ''The First Crossing of Greenland'' ii. 18 is a nunatak in King Christian IX Land, Sermersooq Municipality, Greenland. Geography Peary Nunatak is a nunatak located southwest of Comanche Bay. It r ...

, a nunatak in eastern Greenland

United States

* Admiral Peary Vocational-Technical School, in Cambria County, Pennsylvania * Peary, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Saint Louis County * Peary, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Mathews County * Peary–MacMillan Arctic Museum, in Brunswick, Maine

Elsewhere

* Mount Peary, a massif in Antarctic * Peary (crater), the closest large lunar impact crater to the lunar north pole

Ships

* '' Maersk Peary'', a Norway-registered tanker landed in 2004 * SS ''Robert E. Peary'', an American "Liberty ship" launched in 1942 * USS ''Robert E. Peary'', or variants thereof, several ships of the United States Navy

Other

Peary Arctic Club The Peary Arctic Club was an American-based club with the goal of promoting the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary (1856–1920). This association of influential persons was able to overcome the opposition of the U.S. Navy Department to grant th ...

, American-based club that promoted the Arctic expeditions of Robert Peary * Peary caribou, a caribou subspecies in Canada * Peary Polar Expedition Medal, authorized by the United States Congress in 1944 * Camp Peary, a U.S. military reservation and Central Intelligence Agency facility in Virginia